U+142D4 "𔋔" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+142D4 "𔋔" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a graphical symbol belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, specifically representing a yet unidentified or non-standard hieroglyphic sign often used for transliteration, teaching, or placeholder purposes. This character is encoded for compatibility in digital texts to allow display and processing of ancient Egyptian writing, though it is not a classical hieroglyph from the attested corpus and is typically employed as a substitute for missing or unspecified glyphs. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and represent the visual structure of hieroglyphic script in modern digital environments where complete glyph sets are unavailable.

General Properties

Code Point	U+142D4
Version Added	16.0
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph-#
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𔋔
HTML Hex Encoding	𔋔
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8B 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDED4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000142D4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\uded4

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter

Unikemet Data

kEH_Cat	U-09-098
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A drill, with a rectangular handle with a loop on it, with a round drill-bit with a horizontal line over it.
kEH_Func	Logogram (to open)
kEH_FVal	wbꜣ
kEH_UniK	U027D